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Di Long / Earthworm

Taste: Salty • Temperature: Cold • Category: Extinguish Wind • Sub Category:
Dosage 4.5-12g, effects enhanced by washing in wine	Actions 1. Drains heat & stops spasms & convulsions: for high, strong fevers with convulsions & seizures. Can be used alone. Recently also used for schizophrenia of the hot manic type. 2. Calms wheezing: for wheezing, especially due to Lung heat. 3. Clears heat & unblocks & promotes movement in the channels & collaterals: for swollen & painful joints with reduced range of motion. Most commonly used for hot painful obstruction, but with other appropriate substances can also be used for cold painful obstruction. Also used for hemiplegia due to lack of flow in the channels, such as sequelae of wind-stroke. 4. Clears heat & promotes urination: for hot painful urinary dysfunction, & in severe cases, edema. Especially useful for problems due to heat clumping in the Bladder with urinary difficulty or inability to urinate. 5. Also used recently for hypertension associated with ascendant Live yang patterns.	Meridians Bladder, Liver, Lung, Spleen	Cautions None.

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